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Officers in rural areas cannot find charging points on patrol and are having to switch to petrol or diesel vehicles. Electric police cars are struggling to reach crime scenes and emergencies without running out of power Electric police cars are struggling to reach crime scenes and emergencies without running out of powerCredit: Alamy Chris Nelson, Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire, said his force got 66 Nissan Leafs and nine Nissan NV200 vans in Februrary 2020. He added: “I’ve heard lots of problems with officers driving around in electric vehicles trying to find recharging facilities, running out of puff and...

A campaign has been launched to protect the remains of a Roman villa unearthed during work on a new housing estate. The villa was discovered in Cam, Gloucestershire, by archaeologists working on behalf of Bovis Homes. BBC TV presenter and archaeology expert Professor Mark Horton is among those calling for it to be saved, describing it as "a very important discovery". But the developer says archaeologists have told them the villa does not qualify for preservation. Resident Christie McLean has started a petition to help save the villa, which had over 2,000 signatures within a day of launching. She said...

UK School Worker Fired for Sharing Petition Against LGBT Sex Ed GLOUCESTERSHIRE, England (ChurchMilitant.com) - A Christian school worker has been fired for Facebook sharing a national petition against the country's new mandatory sexual educations program that normalizes homosexual relationships and transgender ideology to children as young as 4 years old. In 2018, Kristie Higgs learned that the "No Outsiders" program was being introduced at Farmor's School in Fairford where her children attended and she worked as an assistant for six years with an unblemished record. The program has sparked protests by parents across Britain for the aggressive indoctrination of LGBT and gender identity topics...

'The bones of Elizabeth I, Good Queen Bess, lie mingled with those of her sister, Bloody Mary, in a single tomb at Westminster Abbey. But are they really royal remains — or evidence of the greatest conspiracy in English history?. If that is not the skeleton of Elizabeth Tudor, the past four centuries of British history have been founded on a lie.'

The bones of Elizabeth I, Good Queen Bess, lie mingled with those of her sister, Bloody Mary, in a single tomb at Westminster Abbey. But are they really royal remains — or evidence of the greatest conspiracy in English history? If that is not the skeleton of Elizabeth Tudor, the past four centuries of British history have been founded on a lie. And according to a controversial new book, the lie began on an autumn morning 470 years ago, when panic swept through a little group of courtiers in a manor house in the Cotswold village of Bisley in Gloucestershire.The...

All gray squirrels killed at Prince Charles's estate die humanely, a spokesman for the heir to the British throne said Friday. The prince angered animal rights activists this week when he said gray squirrels, an import from North America, should be regularly culled in Britain to protect forest areas and the native red squirrel. The news that he practices what he preaches at Highgrove in Gloucestershire, his country home and organic farm, added gasoline to the flames, the UK Express reported. Charles' office refused to release details on how the squirrels meet their fate. "We don't poison them or anything...

Thieves Steal More Than 40 Manhole Covers in English City Mar 11, 2004 The Associated Press GLOUCESTER, England (AP) - If Dr. Foster of nursery rhyme fame went to Gloucester today, he would have more to worry about than falling into puddles. A gang of thieves has stolen more than 40 manhole covers in the southwestern English city, leaving dangerous holes in the streets, officials said Thursday. The cast-iron covers and grates were taken late Wednesday or early Thursday, said Gloucester City Council spokesman Marcus Grodentz. It could cost up to $50,000 to replace the covers, with some units having...

LONDON (Reuters) - This year, ankles will go unbroken and heads will go ungashed, because the perilous cheeses of Gloucestershire will, alas, go unrolled. For centuries, residents of Gloucestershire have practised the timeless and surprisingly dangerous springtime ritual of chasing large, speeding, round cheeses down steep hills. The winner gets to keep the cheese. But this year's event, scheduled for Monday, was cancelled because emergency crews who volunteered to help clear the tumbling casualties from the hillside were summoned to Algeria to rescue earthquake (news - web sites) victims, organisers said on Saturday. "We are very disappointed its not going...

American b-52 bombers involved in training flights over the North were out in force again yesterday. Two of the 14 long-range bombers stationed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire took off yesterday morning and flew for three hours. The aircraft are believed to have been involved in exercises over Northumberland on Friday. Security at the RAF base has been stepped up following break-ins by peace protesters. Two of those involved have been charged with damaging a number of B-52 support vehicles. Margaret Jones, 54, of Bristol and Arthur Milling, 57, of Birmingham, were taken into custody after their arrest by Ministry...

Twelve people were arrested yesterday at an airfield where US B-52 bombers are being prepared for deployment to the Gulf, police said. A group of people cut through fencing at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to get closer to the 14 warplanes which have been based there since Tuesday after clearance was given from Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. The planes are expected to be at the forefront of any initial attack against Iraq. A spokesman for Gloucestershire Police said: "I can confirm that this afternoon at RAF Fairford there have been 12 arrests following criminal activity on the base in respect...

American B-52 bombers have begun arriving in Britain, as Iraq claims six civilians were killed and 15 others injured in the latest round of US and British air raids inside the no-fly zone. The last time the bombers were stationed on British soil was for the attacks on Yugoslavia four years ago. Once again the long-range B-52s are based at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The first of the huge jets landed just before noon on Monday. About an hour earlier, what appeared to be a U-2 spy plane had taken off. Two transporters aircraft are also at the base. British...